HP System Reporter E-Media Kit About Reports and Options, Report Options, Category, Option=value

3PAR System Reporter User’s Guide System Reporter 2.8

The definitions of queries and the data they return given below are version 4.1. A client coded to these definitions would compare major number 4 and minor number 1 against the server's Report Data major and minor numbers.

8.3 About Reports and Options

There are five categories of reports that you can generate using System Reporter:

■summary reports (see Summary Report on page 8.45)

■space reports (see Space Reports on page 8.45)

■performance reports (see Performance Reports on page 8.47)

■adaptive optimization reports (see Adaptive Optimization Reports on page 8.55)

■objects present reports (see Objects Present Reports on page 8.61)

Reports are generated by sending a Web query to the System Reporter database. Each query must specify a report type from one of the three categories listed above. These report types are discussed in further detail in Report Types on page 8.44.

Each report type also has options that you can use to customize the report results. Not all options can be used with all report types. Refer to Options Available by Report on page 8.56 to learn which options are compatible with which report types.

8.4 Report Options

Options are included in the query URL by using the following syntax:

<option>=<value>

where <option> and <value> are the options and values described below.

8.4.1 category

Use the category option to specify which database table to use when pulling results. This option can only be specified once in a given query string.

8.4

About Reports and Options